Crime & Safety
Woman Charged With DWI After Crashing Into Telephone Pole: Police
She then drove down an embankment and rolled into marshland, police said.
CUTCHOGUE, NY — A Southold woman was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after she crashed into a telephone pole, drove down an embankment, and rolled into marshland early Sunday, police said.
According to Southold Town Police, the crash took place at 2:22 a.m. on Skunk Lane. Susan Hepensteil, 51, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, first offense, police said.
Hepensteil was arrested and transported to Eastern Long Island hospital for medical treatment; once released from the hospital, Hepensteil was transported to Southold Police headquarters, processed, and held for arraignment, police said.
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